Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 776 · 40 questions

Robot tip (Sense, think, act): A robot senses (sensors), thinks (a controller runs a program) and acts (motors and other parts). If a machine only moves when a person pushes or controls it, and cannot sense or decide, it is not a robot. The shape does not matter: arms, cars, boxes and drones can all be robots.

1. 1.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a delivery robot
3. 3.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
4. 4.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a delivery robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a skateboard (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
9. 9.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pulley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pool-cleaning robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a planet rover
14. 14.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a city name
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hammer (c) a factory robot arm (d) a parcel-sorting robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, always
20. 20.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
23. 23.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a planet rover (c) a delivery robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a line-follower robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
26. 26.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a parcel-sorting robot
28. 28.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
31. 31.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a bicycle
35. 35.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a delivery robot
37. 37.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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